Your emotions are not random. They often come with an impulse… but the impulse is not always the need. Anxiety may want avoidance. What may help is safety. Anger may want attack. What may help is a boundary. Sadness may want withdrawal. What may help is comfort. Jealousy may want clinging. What may help is reassurance. Guilt may want rumination. What may help is repair. Shame may want hiding. What may help is compassion. Overwhelm may want freezing. What may help is less load. Loneliness may want isolation. What may help is connection. Frustration may want quitting. What may help is flexibility. Numbness may want disconnecting. What may help is gentle safety. The more you understand what your emotions need, the easier they become to work with. If you’d like practical psychology tools to understand your mind, regulate emotions, build boundaries, confidence, habits and more, my Pocket Psychologist Mini Course is linked in bio for the details.